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/sɜːtʃ/
The act of looking for something or trying to find information.
Synonyms:
hunt
seek
investigate
explore
examine
Antonyms:
find
ignore
neglect
Examples:
If he brought the police, my room might be
searched
.
You must keep on
searching
in every quiet corner.
Two
searches
were thus to proceed simultaneously.
Etymology:
From Middle English "serchen" from Old French "cerchier" derived from Late Latin "circāre" meaning "to go around" or "to check."
Usage Statistics:
70 mentions per 1 million words
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